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Saint Louis University MO Researchers Report on Effectiveness of Whooping Cough / Pertussis Vaccine in Adults, and Adolescents
The results of this very interesting study seem to suggest that use of an effectiveness of the Pertussis vaccine was well over 90% in preventing whooping cough (Pertussis) in a statistically significant population research subjects that had participated in this research, and followed by the researchers for 2.5 years.
The researchers also stressed the need to use more sensitive diagnostic tests for adults and adolescence population -tests such as Pertussis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay that is significantly more sensitive than the tests that are routinely used for diagnosing Pertussis in infants and children.
Various other research institutions that had participated in this promising study include: the UCLA Center for Vaccine Research; University of Rochester; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Baylor College of Medicine; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
Source: SLU Pertussis Study Results Published in New England Journal of Medicine, and various other published reports.